The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007

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85.—(1) Section 83 (meaning of “Welsh public authority”) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)any public authority which is—

(i)a subsidiary of the Welsh Ministers (as defined by section 134(4) of the Government of Wales Act 2006), or

(ii)a subsidiary of the Assembly Commission (as defined by section 139(4) of that Act)..

(3) In subsection (3), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the First Minister for Wales”(1).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 85 in force at 25.5.2007, see art. 1(2)

(1)

Section 83(5) was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3500), article 8 and paragraph 8(1)(l) of Schedule 2; and by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), article 9 and paragraph 12(1)(c) of Schedule 2. The power conferred by section 53(5) was transferred from the Secretary of State to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001, article 3 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1; and were transferred from the Lord Chancellor to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003, article 4 and Schedule 1.